Improvement in clothes-sticks



D. B. POND.

CLOTHES-STICKS.

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N. PETERS. PHDT GRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL B. POND, OF WOONSOOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-STICKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,919, dated August8, 1876 application filed J une 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, DANIEL B. POND, ofWoonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Clothes-Sticks; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myclothes-stick in process one end of this stick I. make a saw-kerl", asshown at a, Fig. l. I then drive on a band, b, which prevents the kerffrom extending beyond the required length. A wedge, c, is then driveninto the crotch of the kerf, which leaves the two prongs d d separatedand forms a fork. The wedge c is secured in its place by means of arivet, c.

This stick is used for stirring and turning clothes in a wash-boiler;also, for lifting the clothes out of a boiler without burning the hands.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, the stick A, forked and provided with awedge, c, and a band, b, in the manner and for the purpose described.

In testimony that l claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL B. POND. Witnesses:

D. E. WILcox, A. P. HOLLEY.

